Danger looms as Asafo Interchange pedestrian guard rail rusts

Parts of the Kumasi Asafo Interchange which prevents pedestrians from tripping over the sidewalk is rusting, posing a grave danger especially to kids and other persons who use the pedestrian walk at night.

The situation which has severally been brought to the attention of the city authorities; the Urban Roads Department of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, is yet to be attended to.

Since the construction of the Asafo Interchange, in 2007, during the erstwhile Kufuor administration, it has not seen any major repairs, although some traders close to the Interchange say some parts of the road started weakening soon after it was commenced for use.

A regular user of the Asafo Interchange, who also owns a shop not too far from the road said his major fear is how to prevent any casualty from now till repair works will be carried out.

He noted that both children and adults regularly use that section of the Interchange which connects to the Asafo Market and the other transport terminals, which is without any signage to warn them of the danger of falling over at the least mistake.

The Interchange has also become a den of thugs and armed robbers who attack unsuspecting people who use the interchange on foot at night.

According to some women who trade close to the Interchange, ‘it is a no-go area even at 6:30 PM in the evening.’ They recounted that a number of persons have been robbed of their valuables using the place at night.